Sergio Arrives in Madrid Ahead of Real Signing

Paraguayan striker Sergio Diaz arrived in Madrid on Wednesday prior to completing his move to Real Madrid.

The 18-year-old, who joins from Cerro Porteno, impressed Real Madrid scouts during a recent junior tournament in Toulon (France) and has played for all of the junior levels of his country’s national team up to under-23, reports Xinhua.

“I am coming to the most powerful club in the world to try and help and to show my talent and the talent that there is in Paraguay,” he said.

“I will do everything I can in order to do well,” Diaz added.

The youngster is expected to strengthen Real Madrid’s B-team Castilla, which plays in the third tier of Spanish football, but he could carry out pre-season training with the first team.

“I don’t know who I will carry out pre-season with, but I suppose they will tell me in the next few days,” said Diaz on arrival at Madrid airport.

Sergio Arrives in Madrid Ahead of Real Signing

Real Madrid Rejects Liverpool"s Loan Offer

Real Madrid are set to turn down loan offers for Liverpool target Mateo Kovacic – and will only sell him for £24m.

The 22-year-old only arrived at the Bernabeu last summer but has struggled to establish himself as a regular first-team player.

The midfielder made just eight La Liga starts last term and reports in Italy have suggested that a loan back to Serie A could be on the cards.

Roma are very keen on luring the Croatia international back following three impressive seasons at Inter before his Real switch.

And it has been reported that Kovacic could be open to the move with game time so short in Spain – which has come as a blow to Liverpool.

The Reds have kept tabs on him for some time now and they have also been heavily linked with a summer offer.

But now the Gazzetta dello Sport claim that Madrid do not want to loan Kovacic out next season and that they will only consider letting him go permanently if somebody is ready to cough up.

They paid Inter €30m (£24m) to sign him this time last year and it is said that they will only sell him should they receive the same fee in return.

Real Madrid Rejects Liverpool"s Loan Offer

Magical Ronaldo Sets Another Record In The La Liga

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to hit 30 La Liga goals in six consecutive seasons as he led Real Madrid to a 4-0 thrashing of Eibar on Saturday.

The Portugal forward netted in the 19th minute and also provided passes for Lucas Vazquez and Jese to score as the hosts stormed into a 4-0 halftime lead.

James Rodriguez had opened Real’s account with a curling free kick in the fifth minute.

Real Madrid are third on the league standings on 72 points, with title rivals Atletico Madrid winning at Espanyol.

Coach Zinedine Zidane made eight changes to the team that suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg in the Champions League in midweek with only Ronaldo, Pepe and Casemiro keeping their places.

Rodriguez was criticised for being caught laughing on the sidelines in Germany in midweek but the Colombia international lifted the crowd by scoring early on, his first goal in just under two months.

Magical Ronaldo Sets Another Record In The La Liga